Francesca Dominici always loved mathematics and probability, but statistics was love at first sight because she could become an expert in different fields as long as there was data. Her studies have directly and routinely affected air quality policy and led to more stringent ambient air quality standards in the United States. For her contributions, she has earned the Janet Norwood Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Statistical Sciences.
climate change
CHANCE Special Issue Focuses on Challenge of Climate Change
Climate change is the environmental challenge of our and the next generation, writes CHANCE editor Scott Evans. The current issue features eight articles and an editorial—authored by members of the ASA’s Advisory Committee on Climate Change Policy—that discuss climate change and its impact.
ASA Visits Capitol Hill During Seventh Climate Science Day
On March 21, statisticians Peter Bloomfield, Noel Cressie, Dorit Hammerling, and Leonard Smith joined 23 other scientists for the 7th annual Climate Science Day (CSD), which puts scientists in the same room as lawmakers and their staffs for discussions about climate science research.
ASA Participates in Sixth Climate Science Day
ASA Members Leonard Smith and Daniel Cooley were among 22 scientists participating in 80 meetings with members of Congress and their staff as part of the 6th annual Climate Science Day in February.
Statistical Scientists Advance Federal Research Initiatives
Responding to calls from the National Science Foundation and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, three ASA groups wrote whitepapers detailing how statisticians can contribute to administration research initiatives and priorities. The whitepapers, profiled here, cover the BRAIN Initiative, the Big Data Research and Development Initiative, and climate change.
Researchers Receive IJERPH Best Paper Award
In work started at the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute and later completed with colleagues at North Carolina State University, Howard Chang studied the effect of simultaneous changes in temperature and ozone, using simulations from climate models. The resulting paper was awarded the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Best Paper Award 2014.
Climate Science Day Successful, Educational
The third annual Climate Science Day took place February 27, with the ASA providing eight of the 50 participating scientists.
SPA Follows Policy Initiatives
During 2011, SPA has followed a number of important policy initiatives that have relevance for ASA members and the statistical community as a whole.
Statisticians Participate in Climate Science Day on Capitol Hill
Five members of the ASA’s Advisory Committee on Climate Change Policy joined 30 scientists from other disciplines to participate in the first Climate Science Day on February 17. The scientists formed multidisciplinary teams to meet with members of Congress or their staffs about climate science and offer their help in answering questions relating to climate science.
Statistician’s View Given at Congressional Briefing on Climate Science
Richard Smith of The University of North Carolina presented a statistician’s viewpoint during a May 11 congressional briefing, titled “Climate Science: Key Questions and Answers.” The briefing, sponsored by the ASA and 12 other science organizations, was organized to address questions raised recently on the science of climate change. Here is an overview of what he discussed.